How the deal happened.Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s aides defend her push for little-used coronavirus hospital built by Walsh Construction as important ‘insurance policy’ at a time of ‘immense emergency.’Jeremy Curry, 28, was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a parked car in the 1100 block of West 110th Place, authorities said. They may also apply to open a second location. A public notice appeared recently in the window of John Barleycorn tavern in the Wrigleyville neighborhood — less than half a mile from MedMar Lakeview — noting that a Cresco-owned venture intended to “establish a medical cannabis dispensary” there. This sign in the window of John Barleycorn restaurant indicates a special use request. He noted that allowing those firms to move into prime retail locations would give them a “further advantage.”If the state’s directive stands, MedMar could stay in its existing location and still obtain a dual-use license.But with Lightfoot moving last week to ban pot sales in the Central Business District, the new location’s close proximity to Wrigley Field and its tourist-friendly surroundings could make it one of the state’s hottest dispensaries — if the shop is able to sell weed to all adults over 21.As of last June, the dispensary on Clark had 577 registered medical cannabis patients, according to the most recent figures released by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Municipalities and counties may ban cannabis businesses. That patient count was nevertheless trumped by the 1,405 patients tallied by Dispensary 33 in Uptown, which is located in the same medical cannabis district.Regardless of location, the store will soon fall under Cresco’s new Sunnyside dispensary label. The growth has been spurred in part by the state’s elimination of background and fingerprint check requirements for patients, and reduction in wait times for medical cards. WRIGLEYVILLE — The last remaining outpost from former Chicago bar institution John Barleycorn is no more, according to an official Facebook post. This restaurant is permanently closed. $1.7 million per patient. Medical pot clinic gets OK to move steps from Wrigley Field The MedMar clinic plans to reopen in a larger building that currently houses John Barleycorn on Clark Street. The new site is much larger than the clinic’s current location, at 3812 N. Clark.The ruling to grant special use zoning for the new location, approved in a 3-2 vote, comes with the condition that Cresco must return to the zoning board for approval to sell recreational marijuana there, Strazzabosco said.He said that falls in line with the ordinance Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed last week. Sam Sanchez, the owner of John Barleycorn and the building where it is located, did not return a request for comment. DNAinfo/Paul Biasco LINCOLN PARK — John Barleycorn, a neighborhood staple in Lincoln Park for more than 50 years, is closing its doors. Chicago has not yet established any zoning rules for the recreational industry. “I was walking my dog on Addison, and in the distance I heard that dumb LMFAO song. After 20 years, John Barleycorn is closing - how sad! Under the law Gov. Sign up for the The state has not started accepting applications for second dispensary locations. If the company relocates its Lakeview facility across from Wrigley Field, it is unclear whether Cresco would have to reapply for a license to sell recreational marijuana there. We follow the stories and update you as they develop.Millions of seniors live in a home with at least one child, and the new school year could bring new worries for one of the groups most vulnerable to the coronavirus.Texas leaders who grappled with coronavirus testing shortages for much of the pandemic are now facing the opposite problem: not enough takers.The last two games of a series between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have been called off because a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19Get the latest news on how COVID-19 is impacting Chicago and Illinois. Follow here for live updates.About 7:10 p.m. a 40-year-old man was driving a 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle west in the 13000 block of Pleasant Valley Road, when for an unknown reason he veered off the road and crashed into a utility pole.Elderly residents accounted for Saturday’s fatalities, including a Cook County man in his 80s and a DuPage woman in her 90s.

Sam Sanchez, the owner of John Barleycorn and the building where it is located, did not return a request for comment. One of Lincoln Park's oldest watering holes is closing up next month. The MedMar clinic plans to reopen in a larger building that currently houses John Barleycorn on Clark Street.The city approved a leading pot firm’s proposal to move a medical dispensary to a prime location just steps from Wrigley Field — but it’s unclear whether recreational weed would ever be sold there.MedMar Lakeview, one of five Illinois dispensaries owned by River North-based Cresco Labs, was given approval late last week from the Zoning Board of Appeals to move to 3524 N. Clark St., which currently houses John Barleycorn restaurant, said Peter Strazzabosco, deputy commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development. By Tom Schuba Sep 24, 2019, 6:29pm CDT Christian Mitchell said the Pritzker administration is open to discussing the issue with members of the industry, which opposes it, but reaffirmed the governor’s stance.“You’ve already got operators who are going to get a really significant economic advantage by being the first people in the door in this industry by being able to get not just a first license but also in many cases a second license — to be the first people selling marijuana and probably to have a monopoly on the market for no less than a year,” Mitchell said.